1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index c9af48fffcd7..7d287afccde5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -1111,11 +1111,12 @@ xfs_vm_writepage(
                         uptodate = 0;
 
                 /*
-                 * A hole may still be marked uptodate because discard_buffer
-                 * leaves the flag set.
+                 * set_page_dirty dirties all buffers in a page, independent
+                 * of their state.  The dirty state however is entirely
+                 * meaningless for holes (!mapped && uptodate), so skip
+                 * buffers covering holes here.
                  */
                 if (!buffer_mapped(bh) && buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-                        ASSERT(!buffer_dirty(bh));
                         imap_valid = 0;
                         continue;
                 }